List of disasters in Australia by death toll

This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Australia sorted by death toll.

The Centaur memorial, in Point Danger, Coolangatta, Queensland, commemorates the sinking of the hospital ship AHS Centaur in 1943, which claimed 268 lives.

At least 243 people died in the Japanese air raids on Darwin in 1942.

Japanese prisoners of war practice baseball on the sports ground near their quarters, several weeks before the 1944 Cowra breakout, in which at least 235 people died.

Cable drums blown 50 feet (15 m) from their foundations after the 1921 Mount Mulligan mine disaster, which claimed 80 lives.

The Port Arthur massacre claimed 35 lives in 1996 when Martin Bryant opened fire in the former penal colony.

Two Australian Army S-70A Blackhawk helicopters, similar to the one pictured, crashed in 1996 near Townsville, killing 18 Australian soldiers.

A memorial stone to some of those who died during the in 1854.

The 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash claimed 29 lives.

The 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash claimed 25 lives.

The Canberra bushfires of 2003 claimed 4 lives.

Roadside memorials at Cardross, Victoria, where 6 teenagers lost their lives in a hit-and-run accident on 18 February 2006.

The crash of the Southern Cloud in 1931 claimed 8 lives.

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